Sunday, February 21, 2016

My year of saying yes

I recommend the Shonda Rhimes talk, which I just watched.  TED talks are full of valuable, fun pieces.  This Rhimes talk is related to her book "My Year of Saying Yes" but it is quicker and very moving.
Bill
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February 20, 2016

Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes

18:44 minutes · Filmed Feb 2016 · Posted Feb 2016 · TED2016

Shonda Rhimes, the writer/producer behind Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, is responsible for some 70 hours of television per season, and she loves to work. "When I am hard at work, when I am deep in it, there is no other feeling," she says. She has a name for this feeling: the hum. The hum is a drug, the hum is music. But what happens when it stops? In this moving talk, join Rhimes on a journey through her "year of yes" and find out how she got her hum back.

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